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Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to handle two investigations into Donald Trump, one involving Jan. 6 and the other involving classified documents kept at Mar-a-Lago.
The NY Times frames this as an attempt by the DOJ to avoid criticism of the investigation as politically motivated and also as a “familiar dynamic” for former President Trump:
So what does this mean? Well, it’s worth noting that Garland was under some pressure from the left to fish or cut bait:
So you have to wonder if this appointment doesn’t have a lot to do with trying to sidestep a decision which was bound to anger one side or the other.
